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Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Call the Office of Volunteer Services at (518) 402-5869 for further information today.
Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Volunteer-Intern
Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
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Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
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Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Research and Collections - Placement as Needed
Volunteers support many different teams across Research and Collections. Tasks may include cataloging, inventory, specimen care, database entry, lab or field support, photography or 3D scanning, and rehousing collections. Some activities require specific skills or training, and staff will provide guidance as appropriate.
Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Volunteer Eligibility & Placement:
- Volunteer must be 18 years of age or older.
- Placement depends on departmental needs and may vary each quarter. A resume may be requested depending on the department.
- As part of the application process, all Volunteers will complete a reference check.
For more information, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
Research & Collections Internships
Research and Collections interns engage in term-based placements with learning objectives and professional development. Depending on placement, interns may assist with lab or research support, storage and conservation projects, photography or 3D scanning, or work directly with objects, specimens, and archival materials.
For questions, please contact nysmvolunteer@nysed.gov.
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Pomeroy Foundation Announces Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Marker Program
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Published July 27, 2018 | State History
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Rebel Women: Defying Victorianism Exhibit Opening
Published July 27, 2018 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Museum of the City of New York website in July, 2018. We may think of the Victorian era as a period of constraints on women’s lives, a time when middle-class ideas about femininity defined women by their ...
Oneida County History Center Historical Selfie Scavenger Hunt
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Call For Presenters for GHHN Annual Conference
Published July 13, 2018 | State History
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The Historians: Podcast
Published July 13, 2018 | State History
"The Historians" is a weekly audio interview podcast that features authors and other guests who discuss the rich heritage of the region and the nation. Bob Cudmore is host and producer of “The Historians.” Read more...
"New Netherland Praatjes" Episode 12 Now Available
Published July 13, 2018 | State History
This article originally appeared on the New Netherland Institute website in July 2018. Author and museum curator Steve Jaffe chats with Steve McErleane and Russell Shorto about Jaffe's work on the "New York at Its Core" exhibit at the Museum of...
Women's Rights National Historical Park Announces Convention Days 2018
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National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum Inducts Three Abolitionists
Published July 6, 2018 | State History
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This article originally appeared on the New York State Education Department website on July 5th, 2018. The New York State Museum announced that an 18th-century Native American tomahawk gifted to Cornplanter, the respected Seneca leader, by Pres...
New York Students Excel at 2018 National History Day
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Directions and Arrival Procedures
Location
The New York State Museum is housed in the Cultural Education Center in Albany, New York. The Cultural Education Center (CEC) is at the south end of the Empire State Plaza, across Madison Avenue (Route 20) from the Plaza (at the opposite end from the Capitol).
Group Entrance
The Group Entrance to the New York State Museum is at the rear of the Museum on Park Avenue between South Swan and Eagle Streets, directly across from Lincoln Park. All School bus and/or group carpool loading/unloading takes place through the group entrance.
05-visitprep-groupentrance.pdf (link is external)Parking: Buses (School Buses and/or Coaches)
After dropping groups off at the Museum's Group Entrance on Park Avenue, buses are required to park at a free, off-site lot. Please review the off-site directions and map prior to your departure.
05-visitprep-busparking.pdf (link is external)Free Shuttle Service from the off-site lot to the State Museum/Empire State Plaza is available through the Office of General Services (OGS). For Bus Drivers and/or staff who wish to join their group at the Museum after parking, please review the shuttle schedule and be sure to return to your vehicle with enough time to promptly pick up students from the Group Entrance at the conclusion of their visit.
Parking: General Public (includes groups arriving with cars or vans)
Parking for the general public is available in the two lots adjacent to the Museum, both located off of Madison Avenue. Prior to 10:00 a.m., the parking fee is $10. After 10:00 a.m., the parking fee is $5. Parking is free after 2:00 p.m. A visitor lot is available in the Empire State Plaza.
Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands
Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands examines the sources of inspiration for Indigenous artists across what is now New York. Featuring over 60 original artworks from the NYSM Contemporary Indigenous Art Collection, this thematic exhibit focuses on the connections to lands, community, the natural world, ancestors, and histories that continue to inspire Indigenous artists whose ancestral lands lie within what is now New York.
Online Feature
Discover more about select works from the exhibtion, including images and informaton about the artwork and artists.
Additional Resources
Coupling Indigenous Artwork and Ancient Artifacts
Mohawk artist Natasha Smoke-Santiago recently visited the NYSM with Garth Johnson, curator of ceramics at the Everson Museum, to examine Haudenosaunee pottery from New York archaeological sites. Learn more about an upcoming exhibit at the Everson featuring the artist's work and archaeology artificacts from the NYSM.
New York State Museum Opens Exhibition: Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands
A new exhibition, Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands, is now open for the public to view at the New York State Museum, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced today. The new exhibition which features more than 60 original creations of Indigenous artwork by artists whose homelands lie within what is now New York will be open through March 2024. This collection of contemporary art focuses on Indigenous histories, teachings, and communities and how they relate to and inspire our relationships and connections to our environment.
Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr. said, “Indigenous art is significant because it captures the culture, traditions, and expressions of native communities. This new exhibition will help to foster a deeper understanding of their perspectives and help to promote cultural diversity and appreciation of the identities and contributions of Indigenous people to the history of our State.”
State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa said, “When experiencing this new exhibition, Museum guests will have the opportunity to make strong connections with Indigenous art, heritage, and traditions and how they relate to the profound history of New York State. Furthermore, the display of this exceptional collection helps to promote cross-cultural understanding while also sharing unique artistic expressions and the resilience of Indigenous people.”
The exhibition is organized in interrelated themes which are central to Indigenous art and culture: Lands; Ancestors and Histories; Community, Nation, and Family; and Plants and Animals.
High resolution photos of select art and artifacts in the exhibition are available here: https://nysm.nysed.gov/about/press/kits/each-one-inspired
The State Museum is a program of the New York State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education. Located at 222 Madison Avenue in Albany, the Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is closed on the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Admission is free. For additional information, visit the New York State Museum website.
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From the Collections: Madam C.J. Walker’s Glossine Hair Paste and Advertisement
Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) was a successful entrepreneur, businesswoman, philanthropist, and social and political activist during a time when both African Americans and women were not common in the world of business. In 1906, she started her own hair product business specifically for African American women, and over the next ten years, the company expanded rapidly, moving its headquarters to Harlem in 1916. Walker was the first self-made African American female millionaire and used her wealth to fund the NAACP and anti-lynching legislation. Her company remained in business until 1981.
Featured above are Madam C.J. Walker’s Glossine hair paste and an advertisement for her products that are now part of the NYSM History Collection (H-2010.45.30-31).
The 2025 Anthropology Teacher Workshop will be a one-day program learning about New Netherland held in person at the New York State Museum on Friday, March 14, 2025. Anthropology is a science that reaches into many disciplines making it particularly useful for teaching many subject areas.
The workshop is presented by PhD-level State Museum scientists, including State Archaeologist and Co-Director of the Cultural Resource Survey Program Christina Rieth, Curator of Historic Archaeology Michael Lucas, Co-Director of Cultural Resource Survey Program Daria Merwin, New Netherland Research Center Director Charles Gehring and Associate Director Chelsea Teale, Bureau of Historic Sites Interpreter of African American History Lavada Nahon, and James Bradley.
Teachers will have the opportunity to earn six CTLE clock hours by completing the workshop. They will gain valuable insight into the forefront of scientific research happening right here in New York State. The workshop is aligned with the NYS P-12 Science Learning Standards.
Registration
In-person participation is limited to the first 50 individuals.
Register:
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Contact:
nysmeducation@nysed.gov
New York State Museum Hosts Capital Region History Day Competition and Awards Ceremony
National History Day is Saturday, March 18, 2023
The New York State Museum is pleased to announce that the Capital Region History Day competition and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. As part of National History Day, this event brings together teachers and their students in grades 6 to 12, to compete in five categories including historical papers, exhibit boards, documentaries, performances, and websites. Two winners will be chosen from each category to compete at the statewide event in Cooperstown, New York on April 24, 2023, for a chance to represent New York at the national competition on June 11-13, 2023, at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Projects will be judged based on criteria including historical accuracy, use of primary sources, and relation to this year’s theme, Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas. National History Day engages more than half a million students from around the world, and the History Day methodology supports teachers and schools by aligning curriculum and instructional priorities with State and National Learning Standards while preparing students for college and career readiness.
TIME:
9:30 AM
WHERE:
New York State Museum
Cultural Education Center
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, New York, 12230
Phone: (518) 474-1201
NEH Announces $35.63 Million for 258 Humanities Projects Nationwide
This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $35.63 million in grants for 258 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a documentary on the life and legacy of African American intellectual W.E.B. DuBois; enable the digitization of the personal papers of former members of Congress for the American Congress Digital Archives Portal; and support restoration of the sick bay, post office, barber shop, and torpedo-handling spaces aboard the historic aircraft carrier the USS Intrepid to allow these areas to be reopened for public access.
“These 258 newly funded projects demonstrate the vitality of the humanities across our nation,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo). “NEH is proud to support exemplary education, preservation, media, research, and infrastructure projects that expand resources for Americans, support humanities programs and opportunities for underserved students and communities, and deepen our understanding of our history, culture, and society.”
Congratulations to the New York organizations!
NEW YORK (27) $4,859,096
Albany
Historic Albany Foundation, Inc. Match: $500,000
[Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants]
Project Director: Cara Macri
Project Title: Van Ostrande-Radliff House Reuse
Project Description: Restoration of the oldest building in Albany, New York, the Van Ostrande-Radliff House from 1728, and its later additions, to serve as the seat of the Historic Albany Foundation.
Amherst
Christian DiCanio Outright: $30,000
[Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Documenting Endangered
Languages–F ellowships]
SUNY Research Foundation, University at Buffalo
Project Title: A reference grammar of Itunyoso Triqui
Project Description: Research and writing of a comprehensive reference grammar of Itunyoso Triqui [ISO 639-3 trq], an endangered Southern Mexican language.
Bayside
CUNY Research Foundation, Queensborough Community
College
Outright: $24,500
[Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education: Exploration]
Project Director: Ilse Schrynemakers; Sybil White (co-project director)
Project Title: Reimagining the First-Semester College Experience: Building the Welcome Read Program
Project Description: A one-year project that would expand a first-semester common read program to reach students in two precollege programs.
Binghamton
Birgit Brander Rasmussen Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
SUNY Research Foundation, Binghamton
Project Title: Signs of Resistance, Signs of Resurgence: Indigenous Literacies and New Media in Native American Literatures, 901 CE to the Digital Age
Project Description: Research and writing for a book tracing the origins and resurgence of pictographic literacy in American Indigenous cultures.
Bronx
Laura Specker Sullivan Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
Fordham University
Project Title: Climates of Distrust
Project Description: Research and writing two chapters of a philosophical book on social theories of trust.
Marisa Lerer Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
Manhattan College
Project Title: Latinx Public Memorials
Project Description: Research and writing leading to a book about Latinx monuments and memorialization in the United States.
Bronxville
Maria Fajardo Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
Sarah Lawrence College
Project Title: Development as Vocation: Latin America in the Neoliberal Era
Project Description: Research leading to an intellectual history of economic development in Latin America between the 1960s and 1990s.
Ithaca
Chloe Kessler Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
Cornell University
Project Title: After Apocalypse: American Ecofascism and the Violent Work of Earthly Restoration
Project Description: Archival research leading to a book on the intersection of hate groups and environmental movements and how such groups have historically come from both sides of the political spectrum.
New York
American Academy in Rome Outright: $255,000
[Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions]
Project Director: Mark Robbins
Project Title: Rome Prize Fellowships at the American Academy in Rome
Project Description: Sixteen months of stipend support (two fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.
American Academy in Rome Match: $472,850
[Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants]
Project Director: Mark Robbins
Project Title: Building a New Library Annex: The Villa Chiaraviglio
Project Description: Renovation of the lower level of the Villa Chiaraviglio building for an expansion of the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library at the American Academy in Rome.
American Council of Learned Societies Outright: $207,000
[Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions] Match: $105,000
Project Director: Deena Ragavan
Project Title: ACLS China Studies Research Fellowships 2024–2027
Project Description: Twenty-seven months of stipend support (three fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.
Center for Jewish History Outright: $213,238
[Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions]
Project Director: Miriam Mora
Project Title: Long-Term Research Fellowships at the Center for Jewish History in New York
Project Description: Twelve months of stipend support (one fellowship) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.
Charlotte Walker-Said Outright: $6,000
[Summer Stipends]
CUNY Research Foundation, John Jay College
Project Title: A History of Martial and Spiritual Entrepreneurship in Central Africa
Project Description: Research and writing of a book about the religiously inspired insurgencies in Central Africa in the modern period.
Clemente Course in the Humanities, Inc. Outright: $99,000
[Dialogues on the Experience of War]
Project Director: Mark Santow
Project Title: Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative: Extending the Reach
Project Description: A two-year project to hold four 12-week Dialogues on the Experience of War seminars for ten military veterans and interested civilians per seminar, preceded by a preparatory program for six seminar discussion leaders.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Outright: $75,000
[Exhibitions: Planning]
Project Director: Denver Brunsman
Project Title: The Long Struggle for Equality: The Declaration of Independence at 250
Project Description: Planning of a traveling exhibition, community conversations, and online resources exploring the origins and legacy of the Declaration of Independence.
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Match: $337,050
[Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants]
Project Director: Matthew Woods
Project Title: Restoring & Opening Intrepid’s Sick Bay
Project Description: Infrastructure upgrades to allow public access to the sick bay, post office, barber shop and berthing/torpedo handling spaces on the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid, located in New York, New York.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc. Match: $51,480
[Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants]
Project Director: Sophie Glidden-Lyon
Project Title: Preserving Off Off-Broadway: Designing Improved Climate Control for the La MaMa Archive
Project Description: Installation of climate-control equipment and planning of long-term storage solutions for archives from the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Outright: $400,000
[Exhibitions: Implementation]
Project Director: Andrea Achi
Project Title: Public Humanities: Africa & Byzantium
Project Description: Implementation of a traveling exhibition exploring the global impact of the art and culture of Byzantine-era North and East Africa, including public programs, online media, and a scholarly catalog.
Modern Language Association of America, Inc. Outright: $60,000
[Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education: Development]
Project Director: Jason Rhody
Project Title: Reimagining Humanities Coursework for Career Readiness: A Virtual
Workshop for Teachers of Languages and Literature
Project Description: A two-year development workshop series for faculty at small or midsized colleges to integrate humanities study, career readiness, and applied humanities in their teaching and mentoring of underserved students
Museum of the City of New York, Inc. Outright: $100,000
[Exhibitions: Implementation]
Project Director: Sarah Henry
Project Title: The New York Century: 100 Years of Imagining the City, 1923–2023
Project Description: Implementation of a short-term exhibition examining how New York City has been depicted in arts, media, and culture from 1923 to 2023.
New York Public Library Outright: $309,996
[Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions]
Project Director: Matt Knutzen
Project Title: Long-term Research Fellowships at The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Project Description: Eighteen months of stipend support (two–three fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.
Rubin Museum of Art Outright: $400,000
[Exhibitions: Implementation]
Project Director: Michelle Bennett Simorella
Project Title: Gateway to Himalayan Art
Project Description: Implementation of a traveling exhibition geared to university galleries that would introduce essential concepts of Himalayan art and culture and a digital educational platform.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Outright: $349,524
[Humanities Collections and Reference Resources]
Project Director: Stefanie Halpern
Project Title: Jewish Labor and Political Archives Project
Project Description: The arrangement and description of 122 linear feet of archival materials from four collections documenting Jewish immigrant involvement in the U.S. labor movement, as well as the digitization of 293,000 pages from those collections.
Niagara
Niagara University Outright: $148,500
[Humanities Connections Implementation]
Project Director: Paula Kot; James McCutcheon (co-project director); Donna Thompson (co-project director); Lisa Williams (co-project director)
Project Title: Implementing the Vincentian Social Justice General Education Minor
Project Description: A three-year project to launch a minor in Vincentian social justice.
Oswego
SUNY Research Foundation, College at Oswego Outright: $35,000
[Humanities Connections Planning]
Project Director: Tiffany Deater
Project Title: New Minor in Environmental Humanities and Visual Media
Project Description: A one-year faculty and curricular development project to build an environmental humanities and visual media minor.
Rochester
University of Rochester Outright: $129,970
[Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research] Match: $20,000
Project Director: Michael Jarvis
Project Title: The Archaeology of Earliest Bermuda, 1610–c.1630
Project Description: Archeological excavation investigating the English settlement of Bermuda by the Virginia Company in the seventeenth century.
Troy
Museum Association of New York Outright: $499,988
[Humanities Discussions]
Project Director: Megan Eves
Project Title: A New Agora for New York: Museums as Spaces for Democracy
Project Description: Implementation of a discussion and public program series exploring democracy in America to be conducted at twelve museums across New York.
Pride Month
Pride Month is a celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and accomplishments and is also a time for activism and commemoration. The New York State Museum is celebrating LGBTQ+ history as we highlight some of our collections that tell the stories of LGBTQ+ New Yorkers and share additional educational resources.
The celebration and commemoration of Pride Month in June originated in the Stonewall Uprising. When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, on the night of June 28, 1969, the LGBTQ+ community fought back—for six days. At the time, there were numerous laws that criminalized homosexuality, and raids, as well as resistance to them, were not uncommon. However, the events at the Stonewall Inn lit a spark that led to new organizing and calls for equal rights.
On June 28, 1970, the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade was held in New York City to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and other marches took place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Since then, Pride observances have grown to a whole month, celebrated in more and more communities across New York State, the country, and the world.
Related Programs
2023 Pride Month Statewide Events
The Office of the State Historian presents this comprehensive list of Pride Month events taking place in person and virtually at museums and historical societies across New York State!
Kids Cabaret and Story Hour
On Saturday, June 24 at 1 pm, join the Queens of PRIDE, Carmie Hope and Frieda Munchon, for a fun-for-the-whole-family children’s concert.
Highlights from the Collection
Discover some of the LGBTQ+ stories present in the NYSM Collections and featured in the banner above.
Throughout its history, New Yorkers have led the charge for equality, including fighting for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals. Discover several objects currently on display throughout the NYSM that are a reflection of some of these important and unique stories.
Related Resources
Pride Center of the Capital Region
The Pride Center of the Capital Region is the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ+ community center in the country.
To commemorate the Pride Center’s 50th anniversary in 2020, the New York State Museum partnered with the Center to collect oral histories from members of the community, ultimately resulting in the creation of a panel exhibition and recorded interviews.
View the Panel Exhibition and Community Member Oral Histories here:
https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/pride/pride-center
New York Minute in History Podcast, The Persistence of Dr. Mary Walker
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was a women’s rights activist, suffragist, and medical doctor who served as a surgeon during the Civil War. Walker advocated for the reform of traditional dress for women, which in the middle of the 19th century included heavy, floor-length skirts that dragged on the ground picking up dirt and restricted women’s movements. For much of her life, Walker wore either a shorter skirt with trousers underneath (known by various names, including the Bloomer costume, the reform dress, and the Turkish trousers), or later, just a jacket and trousers—and often, her signature top hat. For dressing outside of gender norms, she was arrested multiple times and faced widespread discrimination, to which she replied, “I don’t wear men’s clothes, I wear my own clothes.”
NYSM Collection Spotlight: FAGBUG
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, the NYSM acquired the FAGBUG from owner Erin Davies. Watch this short video to discover how Davies turned a single ugly and damaging event into a positive personal journey and public outreach project that touched the lives of many.
Art Resources
The New York State Museum’s collections include works by artists who today might identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, including photographer Berenice Abbott and member of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Zulma Steele. Arts communities in New York, from enclaves of artists in New York City to upstate communities like the Byrdcliffe and Maverick Colonies in Woodstock, were often welcoming places for people of a variety of identities.
Berenice Abbott: Photographer
From 1935-1940, Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) worked on a photographic project documenting the unprecedented growth and changes taking place in a burgeoning New York City. The project, "Changing New York," became one of the monumental achievements in 20th-century photography.
Historic Woodstock Art Colony
Long before the famous music festival in 1969, Woodstock, New York, was home to what is considered America’s first intentionally created, year-round arts colony—founded in 1902 and still thriving over 100 years later.
Community Resources
Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators | PBS LearningMedia
Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators offers a series of digital media resources to help teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, and other educators understand and effectively address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ students.
Every 15 Minutes an Elephant is Killed for the Illegal Ivory Trade
On view in New York Metropolis Hall
It is estimated that within the United States, the sale of black-market ivory is a $23 billion industry. New York City is the center of this disturbing business.
Between 2015 and 2018 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement (DEL) launched an undercover operation in New York City known as Operation White Gold to eradicate the domestic black-market elephant ivory trade. High-end antique dealers and wholesale distributors were investigated. It was the largest crackdown on the illegal ivory trade in New York State’s history.
Seized ivory was donated to museums and universities for DNA research and radio-carbon dating.
LGBTQ+ history has always been a part of New York State history, but the collections at the New York State Museum have not always reflected this. Through work with communities to bring in new artifacts, and by digging into artifacts already in the collections to find hidden LGBTQ+ stories, we are working to better represent all New Yorkers. This online exhibition features some of the LGBTQ+ stories in our collections.
NYSM Bioarchaeology Staff Study Remains of Revolutionary War Soldiers
In 2019, bones dating back to the late 18th century were uncovered at a Lake George Village construction site. For the past four years, NYSM bioarchaeology staff Lisa Anderson, Julie Weatherwax, and Alexandra DeCarlo have been working together with the DEC to learn more about the remains to help reveal information about the individuals' lives as well as possible causes of death.
Recently, their work was highlighted on WRGB Albany News Channel 6:
https://cbs6albany.com/community/positively-upstate/nys-museum-piecing-together-remains-of-revolutionary-war-soldiers-recovered-in-lake-george-excavation-2019-townhome
For more information about NYSM research at the site, view:
/research-collections/archaeology/bioarchaeology/news/bioarchaeology-courtland-street-burying-ground
Pride Center of the Capital Region
The Pride Center of the Capital Region is the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ+ community center in the country.
To commemorate the Pride Center’s 50th anniversary in 2020, the New York State Museum partnered with the Center to collect oral histories from members of the community. These oral histories....
Pride Center of the Capital Region
The Pride Center of the Capital Region is the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ+ community center in the country. Located at 332 Hudson Ave. in Albany, NY, the center has offered its diverse community a variety of resources, programs, and services since 1970.
Partnership with the New York State Museum
To commemorate the Pride Center’s 50th anniversary in 2020, the New York State Museum partnered with the Center to collect oral histories from members of the community, ultimately resulting in the creation of a panel exhibition and recorded interviews which are available to view below.
Pride Center Panel Exhibition at the NYSM
On view at the NYSM from June 1, 2021, to September 1, 2021, the panel exhibition combined elements from the recorded oral histories of its community members with images and information from the Pride Center archives housed in the M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York.
View/Download the Panel Exhibition (PDF):
GARY PAVLIC
Gary Pavlic was among the founding members of the Pride Center, and later served as Board President. He discusses the creation of the Pride Center, its early days, and the purchase of the building at 332 Hudson Avenue in Albany, NY. He also touches on the early bar scene in Albany and the lives affected by the AIDS crisis.
KEN SCREVEN
Ken Screven, who attended Pride Center events and meetings, and who later lived near the Pride Center, spoke about the double discrimination he faced as a Black gay man, and the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the LGBTQ+ community in Albany.
JOANNE MATTERA
Joanne Mattera, who attended events and meetings at the Pride Center, spoke on some of the early women’s centered meetings held in the Pride Center in the 1970s.
Donate Your Eclipse Glasses!
Donate your eclipse glasses to help others safely enjoy eclipses in the future! Bring your gently used eclipse glasses to the New York State Museum until the end of April.
The nonprofit group Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) has partnered with libraries, schools, museums, businesses and other organizations across the U.S. and Canada to collect and recycle gently used eclipse-viewing glasses. The glasses will be sent to underserved communities and schools around the world to use during future solar eclipses, according to a statement from the organization.
Learn more about Astronomers Without Borders:
https://astronomerswithoutborders.org/programs/solar-glasses-distributi…
Eclipse Resources for Librarians & Educators:
https://nyslibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1284706&p=9987829